# We Have Tired of Violence: A True Story of Murder, Memory, and the Fight for Justice in Indonesia - Hardcover

by **Matt Easton** (Author)

**Named a Best Book of the Year by _The Economist_**

**A chilling work of true crime about the midair murder of a human rights activist, set against a riveting political drama in the world's fourth-largest nation

**On a warm Jakarta night in September 2004, Munir said goodbye to his wife and friends at the airport. He was bound for the Netherlands to pursue a master's degree in human rights. But Munir never reached Amsterdam alive. Before his plane touched down, the thirty-eight-year-old--one of the leading human rights activists of his generation--lay dead in the fourth row.

  

Munir's daring investigation of the killings and abductions that occurred over three decades of authoritarian rule by the former president, Suharto, had earned him powerful enemies. Undeterred, Munir's wife, Suciwati, and his close friend, Usman Hamid, launched their own investigation. They soon uncovered a conspiracy involving spies, a mysterious co-pilot, threats of violence and black magic, and deadly poison.

  

Drawing on interviews, courtroom observation, leaked documents, and police files, this book uncovers the dramatic murder plot and the titanic struggle to bring the perpetrators of Munir's death to justice. Just as Patrick Radden Keefe's _Say Nothing_ did for Northern Ireland, _We Have Tired of Violence_ tells the story of a shocking crime that serves as a window into a captivating land still struggling to shake off a terrible legacy.

### Author Biography

**Matt Easton** is a writer and a human rights researcher and advocate. The author of _We Have Tired of Violence: A True Story of Murder, Memory, and the Fight for Justice in Indonesia_ (The New Press), he has lived and worked in Indonesia, Timor-Leste, India, and Zimbabwe and now resides in New York.

**Number of Pages:** 288

**Dimensions:** 1.34 x 9.06 x 5.98 IN

**Illustrated:** Yes

**Publication Date:** June 07, 2022

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